Authorities say a pilot and a rescue dog he was transporting to an animal shelter were killed when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, though two other dogs were later

A pilot who became renowned for rescuing animals has died in a plane crash in New York state while transporting three rescue dogs said officials.

One of the two surviving dogs from Sunday’s plane crash off the Escarpment Trail involving an animal rescue pilot, who was transporting three dogs to Schoharie County, came out of a successful surgery to repair the dog’s two broken back legs Wednesday night.